The Day of the Rope
The Molly Maguires became international news on June 21, 1877, when the authorities💥 hanged ten Irish miners in a single day in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.💥
Known as #Black#Thursday, or Day of the Rope, it was the second largest mass execution in U.S. history.
(The largest was in 1862, when the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota warriors).
The authorities accused the Irishmen of being terrorists from a secret organization called the #Molly#Maguires.
They executed ten more over the next two years, and imprisoned another twenty suspected Molly Maguires.
Most of the convicted men were #union#activists.
Some even held public office, as #sheriffs and #school#board members.
However, there is no evidence that an organization called the Molly Maguires ever existed in the U.S.
James McParland, an agent provocateur who worked for the #Pinkerton#Detective#Agency,
and who provided the plans and weapons the men purportedly used in their crimes,
provided the only serious evidence against the men.
The entire legal process was a travesty:
a private corporation (the #Reading#Railroad) set up the investigation through a private police force (the Pinkerton Detective Agency) and prosecuted them with their own company attorneys.
No jurors were Irish, though several were recent German immigrants who had trouble understanding the proceedings.
Nearly everything people “know” today about the Molly Maguires comes from Allan Pinkerton’s own work of fiction, "The Molly Maguires and the Detectives" (1877),
which he marketed as nonfiction.
His heavily biased book was the primary source for dozens of academic works, and for several pieces of fiction, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes novel, "Valley of Fear" (1915), and the 1970 Sean Connery film, "Molly Maguires."
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Hello #Mastodon! I'm a former practicing lawyer and professor. Looking to chat about #legal issues, #datascience (especially computational text analysis using Python and R 😉 ), and #travelphotography. I care a lot about equitable access to the court system for all peoples, including those who are #neurodiverse, in the US by way of #immigration, #black or people of color.
Russia's reconnaissance capabilities in the sky, on the water, and on land suffered after Ukraine regained control of a set of oil drilling platforms located in the Black Sea last autumn, Ukraine's military intelligence said on April 8.
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~25 yrs aftr suing firearms ind 4 failing 2 prevent illegal sales, city of #Gary won when judge ordered gun mfctr to hand yrs of production & sales records
But in March, Gov. signed law retroactively banning cities from bringing such lawsuits, halting case. #Republicans: gun industry=not responsible 4 illegal sales. Critics say legislation shows lawmakers don’t consider ending gun crime a priority, reflects apathy 4 Gary’s maj #Black residents
According to Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine's corridor has already facilitated shipments of more goods than the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by Turkey and the U.N. in July 2022.
In my testimony to Landmarks Board (https://youtu.be/ohm8EOPFSts?feature=shared&t=11911) (3:18:30 in), an area now occupied by Boulder's main public library was designated "Block 11" back in the 1870s when the city was just a frontier mining supply town. Blocks 11 and 12 was the only place Black or brown residents could own a home. It was later demolished, its residents displaced and poorly compensated.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin appointed Vice Admiral Sergey Pinchuk as the new commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, state news agency RIA Novosti reported on April 2.
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Racism has forced me to resort to eating a Taco Bell bean burrito for lunch. I could really use some prayers for my colon and $1500 to buy a pistol-caliber carbine and a Steam Deck.
I've long known about the #Black and #AsianAmerican allyship of activists such as James and Grace Lee Boggs, and Malcom X and Yuri Kochiyama.
But I didn't know - until today! - that Black and Asian American solidarity could have started with Frederick Douglass's support of Chinese immigrants in the 1800s!
This from ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES by Catherine Ceniza Choy. It's a very approachable survey of issues and history, not a dense academic tome.
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Military intelligence: Ukraine directly controls Black Sea oil rigs, undermining Russia's reconnaissance capabilities (kyivindependent.com)
Russia's reconnaissance capabilities in the sky, on the water, and on land suffered after Ukraine regained control of a set of oil drilling platforms located in the Black Sea last autumn, Ukraine's military intelligence said on April 8.
Minister: Over 36 million tons of goods exported via Black Sea corridor since August 2023 (kyivindependent.com)
According to Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine's corridor has already facilitated shipments of more goods than the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by Turkey and the U.N. in July 2022.
Putin appoints new Black Sea Fleet commander (kyivindependent.com)
Russian leader Vladimir Putin appointed Vice Admiral Sergey Pinchuk as the new commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, state news agency RIA Novosti reported on April 2.